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Rare Heinrich Hoffmann photo book Mussolini experiences Germany 1937

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Offered for sale is one of the rarest in the series of Professor Heinrich Hoffmann photo books published during the Third Reich of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, this 98 page, 7-1/2 x 10-1/4 inch softcover volume from 1937 is titled Mussolini erlebt Deutschland (Mussolini Experiences Germany).

Follow a foreword by Reichs Press Chief Dr. Otto Dietrich, this book covers a very comprehensive visit by Italian dictator, Il Duce Benito Mussolini, to the country of Germany as a guest of Adolf Hitler. In München (Munich), he was given an emperor’s welcome with the city covered in Festschmuck (festive Nazi street decor) featuring enormous eagles and swastikas, huge letters “M”, Italian flags, etc. The book is softcover,99 pages,heavily illustrated included a lot of full page photographs.With the original dustjacket,dustjacket repaired with tesa.

Mussolini stayed at the Prinz Carl Palace and visited Nazi shrines such as the Honor Temples, the Feldherrnhalle, the Führerhaus or Führerbau, the House of German Art, etc. He met with the likes of Rudolf Hess, Konstantin von Neurath, Baldur von Schirach, Hermann Göring, Dr. Robert Ley, Admiral Raeder, etc., watched military maneuvers of the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe (photo below) before leaving for Berlin.

Il Duce's visit to Hermann and Emmy Göring's estate Carinhall on the Schorfheide north of Berlin, was a highlight of the trip and is nicely depicted in a series of photos also featuring Mrs. Göring Italian Foreign Minister and Mussolini's son-in-law Count Ciano.
$380.00 inc. tax

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